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ach Towle enters his first season as an assistant coach at Garden City Community College. He arrives after spending the previous two years as an assistant under Dewy at Otero. There, he helped the Rattlers finish 25-7 during the 2019-20 season, which included a No. 4 national ranking-the highest in school history.
THE TOWLE FILE Hometown......................................Concordia, MN High School.........................Concordia Academy College..................................... Ashford University
COACHING HISTORY 2020-Present: Garden City Assistant coach 2019-2020: Otero Assistant Coach 2018-2019: Mineral Area College Assistant Coach 2016-2019: Northeast Community College Assistant Coach
“Over the last two years that we’ve worked together, I’ve noticed how good of a job he does at building relationships with players,” Dewey added. “That, to me, is what makes him so valuable.” Before landing in La Junta, CO, Towle was an assistant at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, MO, where the Cardinals went 23-9 and made it to the Region Championship Game. Prior to that, he spent four seasons as a player-development coach and recruiting coordinator at Northeast Community College in Norfolk, Neb, punching out a pair of 20-win campaigns. He also has roots on the summer circuit, coaching Amateur Athletic Union for three years. “He’s won at every level,” Dewey explained. “We
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have the same type of basketball vision.” As a player, Towle was a four-year starter at Concordia Academy, becoming one of the best three-point shooters in the state. He is one of the career leaders in Minnesota history in triples made and scored more than 2,500 points. He received his associate degree from Northeast Community College, and his Bachelor’s from Ashford University. Then in 2018, Towle earned his Master of Business Administration from Ashford.
